By AYATERU HOSOZAWA/ Staff Writer
July 27, 2023 at 07:00 JST
Parcels of goods are loaded onto trucks that fit between the seats aboard a Shinkansen. (Provided by East Japan Railway Co.)
Some Shinkansen are carrying perishable freight along with passengers, as railway operators and food producers alike expand the use of high-speed trains for urgent goods. [Read More]
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Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.